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have two stories about continuing unrest in the middle east, beginning with the political crisis in egypt. >> suarez: then, in her final report from turkey, margaret warner looks at the growing clout of syria's kurdish minority, and the impact that's having on the other side of the border. >> brown: when does a co-worker count as a supervisor? that question was before the supreme court today in a case about harassment. marcia coyle explains. >> suarez: and we examine new figures from the pew research center showing that young voters played a decisive role reelecting president obama. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station
have two stories about continuing unrest in the middle east, beginning with the political crisis in egypt. >> suarez: then, in her final report from turkey, margaret warner looks at the growing clout of syria's kurdish minority, and the impact that's having on the other side of the border. >> brown: when does a co-worker count as a supervisor? that question was before the supreme court today in a case about harassment. marcia coyle explains. >> suarez: and we examine new...
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that egypt wants from us. not only u.s. aid, but help in getting this imf loan. and i think however this is resolved, because it's not going to resolve the long-term problem, perhaps it can help clarify hopefully in a good way the egyptian role. it could open up and just shatter that long-term linchpin of stability in the mideast between egypt and israel. >> woodruff: do you see a role for the u.s. in the short term? >> yes. in explaining quietly to egypt the essential nature of keeping the peace troty with israel and calming down the situation and probably the same quietly for israel which has, of course, bigger news -- --. >> i would say i think syria remains the most fragile thing. the explosion of syria would spill into everything else. so our role, i don't know what our role is in syria but i have a feeling our attention will be focused wherever it is. >> woodruff: margaret's reporting was excellent tonight. the two of you were excellent, ruth marcus, david brooks, thank you both. >> brown: and finally to
that egypt wants from us. not only u.s. aid, but help in getting this imf loan. and i think however this is resolved, because it's not going to resolve the long-term problem, perhaps it can help clarify hopefully in a good way the egyptian role. it could open up and just shatter that long-term linchpin of stability in the mideast between egypt and israel. >> woodruff: do you see a role for the u.s. in the short term? >> yes. in explaining quietly to egypt the essential nature of...
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. >> suarez: with today's escalation, egypt pressed for an end to the israeli air strikes. today, palestinian president mahmoud abbas asked the arab league to call an urgent meeting to discuss the strikes, and united nations chief ban ki-moon called for a "de-escalation of tensions." >> suarez: for more, i'm joined by phone with sheera frenkel, middle east correspondent for the "times of london" in jerusalem. sheera, we reported on the rising tensions between the israelis and the palestinians in gaza. but was there something in particular that set this off? >> in the last three or four hours that there have been a slowdown in hostilities between israel and the gaza strip. in fact, earlier in today there had been no exchanges of violence across the border. but when i spoke to officials about why they decided to start targeted assassinations and launch the operation in gaza, their answer was actually intelligence data they had received that militants in gaza had been smuggling in more high tech weapons and that it would really create damage to the military arsenal and that th
. >> suarez: with today's escalation, egypt pressed for an end to the israeli air strikes. today, palestinian president mahmoud abbas asked the arab league to call an urgent meeting to discuss the strikes, and united nations chief ban ki-moon called for a "de-escalation of tensions." >> suarez: for more, i'm joined by phone with sheera frenkel, middle east correspondent for the "times of london" in jerusalem. sheera, we reported on the rising tensions between the...
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this is the road map for egypt's future. and i think the heady first days of the revolution, many people imagine quite a sweeping overhaul of egypt's institutions. that's not going to happen. after a rather convoluted transition process and around pretty tight deadline the drafters have decided to start with egypt's former constitution and tinker with that. they didn't look around the world and find the best possible models and start from scratch and put something together. they've been sort of twisting and turning the old constitution to try to tweak it to work better and they have done some things that everyone here wanted. they're ending the old imperial presidency that hosni mubarak and his predecessors used to rule over egypt. they're barring torture, ending detention without trial. on a lot of other areas it's a little bit of a muddle. there are protections for individual rights but also rather expansive guarantees against insults of individuals or fro fetes or other icons that could clash with freedom of expression an
this is the road map for egypt's future. and i think the heady first days of the revolution, many people imagine quite a sweeping overhaul of egypt's institutions. that's not going to happen. after a rather convoluted transition process and around pretty tight deadline the drafters have decided to start with egypt's former constitution and tinker with that. they didn't look around the world and find the best possible models and start from scratch and put something together. they've been sort of...
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but today, they were aimed at egypt's new leader. in the coastal city of alexandria, opponents set fire to the offices of president mohammed morsi's political party, the muslim brotherhood. there and elsewhere in egypt today, the president's critics and supporters clashed in the streets over his decree yesterday exempting himself from judicial review, and giving him authority to take steps against "threats to the revolution." morsi, egypt's first freely elected president, took office in june. in recent days, he'd garnered worldwide praise for mediating a cease-fire between israel and hamas. today, he told a supportive crowd outside the presidential palace in cairo that granting himself sweeping powers was necessary to prevent figures from the old regime from halting progress. >> ( translated ): i haven't taken a decision to use it against anyone-- to go against anyone is something that i could never be associated with-- or announcing that i am biased towards anyone. however, i must put myself on a clear path that will lead to the ach
but today, they were aimed at egypt's new leader. in the coastal city of alexandria, opponents set fire to the offices of president mohammed morsi's political party, the muslim brotherhood. there and elsewhere in egypt today, the president's critics and supporters clashed in the streets over his decree yesterday exempting himself from judicial review, and giving him authority to take steps against "threats to the revolution." morsi, egypt's first freely elected president, took office...
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a short while ago, i spoke with nancy youssef, mcclatchy newspapers' egypt correspondent. nancy yousef, welcome. tell us about those meetings going on in cairo. who is taking part? what's the latest? >> well, we heard a little bit about them today from the head of hamas. we've heard repeated suggestions that they're close to an agreement. we've heard this since saturday. it's being mediated by the egyptians by mohammed morsi and members of his cabinet. it's the first time he's had to negotiate something on this scale since winning the presidency in june. there's an israeli delegation here as well. the negotiations have been happening for a few days now. today we're hearing from people privately that there doesn't seem to be a particular sticking point but that both sides are... that's really being lost is the time that's having to happen between shuttling between two sides that won't face each other in the same room. remember though it's in everybody's interest to keep promising that this cease-fire agreement will come soon because of potential instability. if there isn't
a short while ago, i spoke with nancy youssef, mcclatchy newspapers' egypt correspondent. nancy yousef, welcome. tell us about those meetings going on in cairo. who is taking part? what's the latest? >> well, we heard a little bit about them today from the head of hamas. we've heard repeated suggestions that they're close to an agreement. we've heard this since saturday. it's being mediated by the egyptians by mohammed morsi and members of his cabinet. it's the first time he's had to...
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there were a lot of doubts about how he would lead egypt? whether he would maintain the peace agreement with israel. he can be, based on this performance, i think an important partner for the united states. >> suarez: ambassador burns, hisham melhem, good to talk to you both. >> thank you upon >> brown: and now to the conflict in syria. nato said today that it would consider a turkish request to deploy patriot missiles to protect itself from syrian attacks. turkey and syria share a 560 mile border and after syrian mortar rounds landed in turkish territory, concerns have risen that the civil war fighting could spread further. in margaret warner's latest report, she examines the spill-over that's already happening. >> reporter: nestled up against the border with syria, ceylanpinar, turkey has an all- too-up-close view of the civil war next door, as fighting rages in its syrian twin city of ras- al-ain. for days last week on the syrian side, president bashar al assad's forces fought rebels of the free syrian army, or f.s.a., to control ras-al-a
there were a lot of doubts about how he would lead egypt? whether he would maintain the peace agreement with israel. he can be, based on this performance, i think an important partner for the united states. >> suarez: ambassador burns, hisham melhem, good to talk to you both. >> thank you upon >> brown: and now to the conflict in syria. nato said today that it would consider a turkish request to deploy patriot missiles to protect itself from syrian attacks. turkey and syria...
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here is egypt. prior to the time that the new egypt emerged in the last years of the mubarak regime was playing less and less of a role within the region. now here we have president morsi even though he's a new egyptian president and the preoccupation is primarily internal and economic, the fact is he's the one who is brokering this... >> brown: is it even more than hillary clinton. you were saying she comes in and plays this role of sort of repository, but is it more the egyptians who are the power brokers here? >> yes. brown: really? ecause the egyptians have a relationship with hamas. what's interesting, notwithstanding that this is a new egyptian government that is dominated by theÑi muslim brotherhood and the muslim brotherhood has been fundamentally hostile to israel. to recognize where they are in the region, to recognize they have to preserve the peace treaty with israel, here they are brokering between hamas and israel. it's a new role for this government but it also shows that they're pla
here is egypt. prior to the time that the new egypt emerged in the last years of the mubarak regime was playing less and less of a role within the region. now here we have president morsi even though he's a new egyptian president and the preoccupation is primarily internal and economic, the fact is he's the one who is brokering this... >> brown: is it even more than hillary clinton. you were saying she comes in and plays this role of sort of repository, but is it more the egyptians who...
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just five months after the president took power, egypt's fragile democracy is facing its first major test. >> for more, we go live to our correspondent in cairo. thousands of people are still out at tahrir square. what more can you tell us? >> yes, there have been at least 16 people injured in ongoing clashes. yes, tahrir square is packed with thousands of protesters that still converging on to the square from various points across cairo. dozens of civil society groups have called for these protests, and today, we see there are members of workers' unions, lawyers, and journalists, people from all walks of life converging on the square. it is actually a really impressive show of unity by the opposition that has been certified of the past month, and that morsi has managed to unite with his decree for the first time. they also call for the fall of the regime and president, and it is the same chant we heard during the 18-day uprising against mubarak in 2011, and that only six months after he took office. >> thanks very much for that. earlier today, the grave of yasir arafat was briefly o
just five months after the president took power, egypt's fragile democracy is facing its first major test. >> for more, we go live to our correspondent in cairo. thousands of people are still out at tahrir square. what more can you tell us? >> yes, there have been at least 16 people injured in ongoing clashes. yes, tahrir square is packed with thousands of protesters that still converging on to the square from various points across cairo. dozens of civil society groups have called...
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the bigger problem is that this occupation is not egypt's fault. it is israel's fault. and it's unreasonable to expect egypt or turkey or any other country to put pressure on palestinians. what should be done instead is quite the opposite. the united states is the largest funder of israel. the united states gives $3 billion a year in u.s. taxpayer money to israel in addition to weapons, in addition to political support. if we're going to be serious about moving forward, the role has to come from the united states, pressure from the united states. it's not enough to demand that it come from egypt. >> diana buttu, many thanks for your time. we appreciate it. >> my pleasure. >>> back in the u.s., get ou of the way because black friday is here. people spend long hours in line to score major deals this morning. >> it's affordable right now even if you have to be out here for two days to get it. >> it saves a lot of money like a few hundred dollars. >> cnbc's courtney reagan is in dayton, ohio. how is it going so far out there? >> reporter: you know, so far it looks pretty go
the bigger problem is that this occupation is not egypt's fault. it is israel's fault. and it's unreasonable to expect egypt or turkey or any other country to put pressure on palestinians. what should be done instead is quite the opposite. the united states is the largest funder of israel. the united states gives $3 billion a year in u.s. taxpayer money to israel in addition to weapons, in addition to political support. if we're going to be serious about moving forward, the role has to come...
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first of all, egypt. we've seen days of protests because the new president claims some autocratic powers for himself. yesterday was the first day to see the egyptian market. it plummeted. we really don't know how this arab spring is going to unfold as we head into yet another year of it. >> broadly speaking, is that an oil play? >> yes, that's the possibility as we look at unrest. the other issue is argentina. a new york judge made a controversial ruling against argentina. they have a couple of payments coming up in december and we know a lot of emerging market funds own argentine debts and they may not make the coupon payments. that could have an impact. plus, there's controversy about the decision itself and whether or not it could actually impact the payment and settlement system of the international financial market. i'm sure that's going to get resolved but we should be watching. >> there could be a domino effect. >> exactly. uncertainty. >> we're focusing on greece and spain but -- >> they still mat
first of all, egypt. we've seen days of protests because the new president claims some autocratic powers for himself. yesterday was the first day to see the egyptian market. it plummeted. we really don't know how this arab spring is going to unfold as we head into yet another year of it. >> broadly speaking, is that an oil play? >> yes, that's the possibility as we look at unrest. the other issue is argentina. a new york judge made a controversial ruling against argentina. they have...
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protesters in egypt staged nationwide rallies today against egyptian president mohamed morsi and his muslim brotherhood. in cairo, more than 100,000 people filled tahrir square to condemn morsi's decree that makes his decisions immune to judicial review. earlier, there were clashes between protesters and police. the rallies were some of the largest since the overthrow of president hosni mubarak last year. in syria, government warplanes bombed towns in the north and east, in the face of new advances by rebel fighters. in one attack, the planes dropped barrels filled with explosives and gasoline just west of idlib city. reports of the dead ranged from five to 20. the regime is using intensive air raids to try to beat back rebel gains. forensic experts took samples from the remains of yasser arafat today, hoping to determine once and for all if the late palestinian leader was poisoned. arafat died in 2004. his body was briefly exhumed today in ramallah, on the west bank. we have a report from john ray of independent television news. >> reporter: eight years after they buried him they se
protesters in egypt staged nationwide rallies today against egyptian president mohamed morsi and his muslim brotherhood. in cairo, more than 100,000 people filled tahrir square to condemn morsi's decree that makes his decisions immune to judicial review. earlier, there were clashes between protesters and police. the rallies were some of the largest since the overthrow of president hosni mubarak last year. in syria, government warplanes bombed towns in the north and east, in the face of new...
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egypt strongly condemns what israel is doing in gaza. this is an unacceptable act, and we deeply condemn it. >> what has changed since the war? the west and israel have lost their most reliable friend, and egypt's president mubarak. they saw him as an indispensable part of the solution at times like this. >> heightened tensions in the middle east tonight. in other news from around the world, the united nations secretary general ban ki moon has set a report on the failure to attack civilians. -- has said a report on the failure to attack civilians will have a profound impact. in iraq, simultaneous car bomb attacks across the country have killed at least 17 people. dozens were injured. the attack struck baghdad and other cities. it is not clear if the attacks are the work of one group. across europe, tens ofhousands have taken to the streets in protest of rising unemployment and government austerity measures. workers in spain, portugal, greece, and italy went out on strike. gary hewitt reports. >> hundred of thousands packed madrid to prot
egypt strongly condemns what israel is doing in gaza. this is an unacceptable act, and we deeply condemn it. >> what has changed since the war? the west and israel have lost their most reliable friend, and egypt's president mubarak. they saw him as an indispensable part of the solution at times like this. >> heightened tensions in the middle east tonight. in other news from around the world, the united nations secretary general ban ki moon has set a report on the failure to attack...
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there's talk of cease-fire negotiations in egypt and one report an israel enjoy flew to egypt to did you say cease -- discuss cease-fire. the last thing that could keep the tanks were rolling across the field. a major escalation in the next 24 to 48 hours. >> leeland, viewers will want to know the area you're in. you yourself have had to duck for cover. how safe are you at the moment? >> in many ways you're not safe from artillery, mortgagors or rockets but we're every day they're under re from rockets. the only advantage we have on this side is we get the warning sirens sometimes. in the palestinians under threat from the israel air force don't have warning sirens. there's an element of danger. this is war and there's no question about that. while in some ways it's made to look surgical when you see the bombs coming in, laser guided, unfortunately civilians die on both sides. the rockets don't care what they hit. they enjoy hitting civilians and the jailers are -- israelis say they're trying to hitting civilians. the casualties are inevitable. >> leland vitter with great sacrifice b
there's talk of cease-fire negotiations in egypt and one report an israel enjoy flew to egypt to did you say cease -- discuss cease-fire. the last thing that could keep the tanks were rolling across the field. a major escalation in the next 24 to 48 hours. >> leeland, viewers will want to know the area you're in. you yourself have had to duck for cover. how safe are you at the moment? >> in many ways you're not safe from artillery, mortgagors or rockets but we're every day they're...
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egypt was in fear that egypt would end the peace treaty. that is one reason why israel feels it's calibrating carefully the attack on gaza.poised on th of gaz yachlt they're trying this pinpointed air attacks and also attacks from the sea. they resumed the policy of targeted assassinations against hamas leaders. they want very much to end the threat from gaza. but they also do not want a ground invasion partly because of the cost and also because they don't want to alienate egypt. so this is a very dachg us ange moment for this region. >> we know that they have great familiarity with attacks on two fronts. lebanon in the past and attacks from the south. again now with the new conflict that appears to be growing between israel and the golan heights and its border in syria. is there any concern that there may be new issues on the northern front as well? >> well, there is great concern. it doesn't seem too likely at the moment. as a matter of fact, by the way, a few minutes ago, maybe within the last hour, an israeli soldier there was a report
egypt was in fear that egypt would end the peace treaty. that is one reason why israel feels it's calibrating carefully the attack on gaza.poised on th of gaz yachlt they're trying this pinpointed air attacks and also attacks from the sea. they resumed the policy of targeted assassinations against hamas leaders. they want very much to end the threat from gaza. but they also do not want a ground invasion partly because of the cost and also because they don't want to alienate egypt. so this is a...
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egypt was in fear that egypt would end the peace treaty. that is one reason why israel feels it's calibrating carefully the attack on gaza.poised on th of gaz yachlt they're trying this pinpointed air attacks and also attacks from the sea. they resumed the policy of targeted assassinations against hamas leaders. they want very much to end the threat from gaza. but they also do not want a ground invasion partly because of the cost and also because they don't want to alienate egypt. so this is a very dachg us ange moment for this region. >> we know that they have great familiarity with attacks on two fronts. lebanon in the past and attacks from the south. again now with the new conflict that appears to be growing between israel and the golan heights and its border in syria. is there any concern that there may be new issues on the northern front as well? >> well, there is great concern. it doesn't seem too likely at the moment. as a matter of fact, by the way, a few minutes ago, maybe within the last hour, an israeli soldier there was a report
egypt was in fear that egypt would end the peace treaty. that is one reason why israel feels it's calibrating carefully the attack on gaza.poised on th of gaz yachlt they're trying this pinpointed air attacks and also attacks from the sea. they resumed the policy of targeted assassinations against hamas leaders. they want very much to end the threat from gaza. but they also do not want a ground invasion partly because of the cost and also because they don't want to alienate egypt. so this is a...
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and the top appellate courts in egypt went on strike against president muhammad morsi's move to assume near-absolute power. morsi planned to address the egyptian people tomorrow. >> warner: online, we continue our series on social entrepreneurs with a profile of a woman who's breaking taboos. hari sreenivasan has more. >> sreenivasan: harvard business school graduate elizabeth scharpf launched sustainable health enterprises. it helps women in low-income countries to jump start businesses to manufacture and distribute affordable feminine hygiene products. find her story on our social entrepreneurs page. plus, on making sense, paul solman breaks down the pros and cons of investing in i-bonds versus 403(b) retirement savings plans. all that and more is on our web site newshour.pbs.org. margaret? >> warner: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. on thursday, another in our series of conversations with incoming senators. tomorrow, we'll talk with jeff flake, a republican from arizona. i'm margaret warner. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. we'll see you online and again here tomorrow evening.
and the top appellate courts in egypt went on strike against president muhammad morsi's move to assume near-absolute power. morsi planned to address the egyptian people tomorrow. >> warner: online, we continue our series on social entrepreneurs with a profile of a woman who's breaking taboos. hari sreenivasan has more. >> sreenivasan: harvard business school graduate elizabeth scharpf launched sustainable health enterprises. it helps women in low-income countries to jump start...
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and they have been very clear that egypt has a relationship, they have the credibility and influence in the region to push hamas to stop the attacks. now, there is also a fair amount of funding being held up in washington right now that the egyptians need very immediately. remember, they weren't just one of the top recipients of foreign aid. they have a funding crisis. they have literally been to the point where they have had problems paying bills. so there is some immediate leverage to gets them to act immediately. whether that ends up being effective or not is another question. >> schieffer: well, do we think the administration-- obviously, i would guess they're advising the israelis not to invade. but what beyond that are they trying to do? is this an opening to start a-- the peace process to get it started again, david? >> bob, if-- if-- if mursi, and turkey, the key players, in working toward a cease-fire, we're likely to have a cease-fire. we'll either have a cease-fire or israeli invasion. if there is a cease-fire that is the kind of thing that can be a building block. if you
and they have been very clear that egypt has a relationship, they have the credibility and influence in the region to push hamas to stop the attacks. now, there is also a fair amount of funding being held up in washington right now that the egyptians need very immediately. remember, they weren't just one of the top recipients of foreign aid. they have a funding crisis. they have literally been to the point where they have had problems paying bills. so there is some immediate leverage to gets...
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live from moscow with me to bomb with say good to have you with us egypt's capital is experiencing is second straight day of clashes between opponents and supporters of president mohamed morsi and a regime protesters say they have no intention of leaving to heed a for at least a week having announced a message in at the symbolic square people flooded the streets across the country angry at the president's decision to grant himself new powers put him above other branches of government the opposition compared the move to a coup while the latest comments again from egypt's top judges who called it an unprecedented attack on the country's judiciary the demonstrations quickly turned violent as protesters clashed with security forces and progress to vist journalist ahmed fourteen believes the opposition's concerns over the future of democracy in egypt have solid ground. what have mohammad morsi done mobarak in the height of his power could not even dream of achieving morsi is part of the muslim brotherhood and islam or fascist group they have control over their members and their supporters
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reports of tear gas fired at a mass protest against egypt's president in cairo's tahrir square as a leader is accused of staging a coup by granting himself. powers. one palestinian is killed and more than a dozen wounded by israeli gunfire near the border with gaza in the bloodiest violation yet of the fragile truce. and the e.u. leaders clash over the budget with some nations digging their heels in to avoid forking out more cash than they're a sturdy. worldviews line from our moscow headquarters you're watching our t.v. with me lucy catherine of well on to our top story now egypt's security forces have fired tear gas during a rally against president mohamed morsi and talk we are square thousands have taken to the street across the country reacting to calls for a nationwide demonstrations from opposition leaders the outrage is driven by a new decree by the president granting himself a wider range of powers his decisions can no longer be repealed by any authority including the judiciary the move has been slammed as a coup against legitimacy of the opposition claiming that the president has
reports of tear gas fired at a mass protest against egypt's president in cairo's tahrir square as a leader is accused of staging a coup by granting himself. powers. one palestinian is killed and more than a dozen wounded by israeli gunfire near the border with gaza in the bloodiest violation yet of the fragile truce. and the e.u. leaders clash over the budget with some nations digging their heels in to avoid forking out more cash than they're a sturdy. worldviews line from our moscow...
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the fury over the president is a sweeping new powers in egypt it claims it's for us alive with a teenager killed in protests just as muhammad pulls his position appears to weaken . separatism holds us away in strains a rigid religion that got the idea as pro independence parties when a majority of parliamentary seats possibly paving the way for referendum. and all we can be exerted to julian as laundry release is a new book cutting internet users around the globe to stand up against virtual in slave meant by government. you're watching our live from moscow with me to bomb would say egypt's president is making steps towards a compromise and agreed to meet senior judges are drage at his seizure of power which makes his decisions untouchable it comes as the first blood in clashes over mohamed morsi is controversial decree it's built with the violence and protests showing no signs of easing journalist belled truth is following events. a fifteen year old member of the freedom and justice party which is the muslim brotherhood's political organization died yesterday in the and i owe you guys to
the fury over the president is a sweeping new powers in egypt it claims it's for us alive with a teenager killed in protests just as muhammad pulls his position appears to weaken . separatism holds us away in strains a rigid religion that got the idea as pro independence parties when a majority of parliamentary seats possibly paving the way for referendum. and all we can be exerted to julian as laundry release is a new book cutting internet users around the globe to stand up against virtual in...
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now we have to go back egypt in 1942. but but what was interesting and away was what was about to happen at this point is all hell was about to break loose to him. he learned how to operate a gun that was 6 pounds. .. >> it was clear the day of battle was approaching. they kept repeating the same exercise, marching through simulated mine fields, three at a time during the same amount of period they were trained for the assault that began on the night of october 23rd, just about 70 # years ago, four days ago. i would like to now read another short bit which describes what it was like for jack at the southern end of the line as the night of battle arrived, and they were ordered into action. as dusk fell on the western desert, 10,000-plus men of the southern armored division mountedded the vehicles and jockeyed for places in column. the thunder of tank engines throbbed in their ears. four lines comprising gun carriers, troop carriers, jeeps, tanks, antitank guns, and trucks traveled across the sand. columns lurched forward,
now we have to go back egypt in 1942. but but what was interesting and away was what was about to happen at this point is all hell was about to break loose to him. he learned how to operate a gun that was 6 pounds. .. >> it was clear the day of battle was approaching. they kept repeating the same exercise, marching through simulated mine fields, three at a time during the same amount of period they were trained for the assault that began on the night of october 23rd, just about 70 # years...
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prime minister visited gaza the fact that was at a cease fire was apparently broken during the egypt prime minister's visit the i.d.f. has a deny this or who must say that two people were killed during that visit now the egyptian prime minister to the court that he saw children in hospital one of whom was dying it is increasing concern here that they were. loyal troops are massing on the border it was or this have been called out and the situation is extremely tense israel has been threatening to turn this situation to a full fledged rather invasion doesn't seem like we're getting closer to that outcome well it certainly does seem close and we have seen troops massing at the border we know that thousands of reservists have been called out have been speaking to many israelis folks here and outside the country are increasingly concerned that it's just a matter of hours if not days before the order will come from the i.d.f. for this ground offensive to take place the scenes here is that this is an opportunity that the israeli prime minister netanyahu has been waiting for an opportunity
prime minister visited gaza the fact that was at a cease fire was apparently broken during the egypt prime minister's visit the i.d.f. has a deny this or who must say that two people were killed during that visit now the egyptian prime minister to the court that he saw children in hospital one of whom was dying it is increasing concern here that they were. loyal troops are massing on the border it was or this have been called out and the situation is extremely tense israel has been threatening...
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egypt is going in a very difficult direction. it is a quagmire, and you have to be careful the whole region does not explode. >> thank you so much for joining us here in studio. >> france's new prime minister has made his first official visit to germany, holding talks with german chancellor. at the top of the agenda was stagnant economic growth in france and europe generally. >> he told reporters that france remain committed to keeping greece in the eurozone and said it was in the interests of all eurozone countries to show solidarity with debt-stricken member states. for more on this now, we're joined from our parliamentary studios by our political correspondent. there's been an awful lot of talk about deteriorating franco- german relations recently. what can you say after this visit? >> for the last six months, there has been quite a bit of tension mainly because angela merkel came out during the last presidential elections in france, very openly for nicholas sarkozy, which got her off on to a very bad start with the current fr
egypt is going in a very difficult direction. it is a quagmire, and you have to be careful the whole region does not explode. >> thank you so much for joining us here in studio. >> france's new prime minister has made his first official visit to germany, holding talks with german chancellor. at the top of the agenda was stagnant economic growth in france and europe generally. >> he told reporters that france remain committed to keeping greece in the eurozone and said it was in...
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this decree divided egypt and even bought a. civil war unfortunately this president is doing the very same things for which. before the. dictatorship this is what we are looking at now the egyptian people are saying no to the new newly born dictator looking at these crowds you cannot tell who is muslim or christian who is liberal or leftist this is the people if you saying no to new religious fascism. making the president above the law the president and the muslim brotherhood behind him have already lost their credibility they have promised so many things in the past never kept their promises that's why in most of these people in the streets they were talking about over a million up to now because they are not happy with this. you two can share your opinion on what's going on in egypt and what little adventure lead to costing you voted r.t. dot com is all of those are lining up so over a third of those who voted believe morsi will cancel his new laws in order to stay in power twenty eight percent say this disturbance will see th
this decree divided egypt and even bought a. civil war unfortunately this president is doing the very same things for which. before the. dictatorship this is what we are looking at now the egyptian people are saying no to the new newly born dictator looking at these crowds you cannot tell who is muslim or christian who is liberal or leftist this is the people if you saying no to new religious fascism. making the president above the law the president and the muslim brotherhood behind him have...
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a bloody offensive seize key regional player egypt cutting off its diplomatic ties with israel and it's speculation that the flow of islamic fighters could soon head into gaza. and rising up against austerity millions of europeans sign up for block wide action against cuts with mass protests provoking the very heavy arm of the little. live from our new center here in moscow this is r.t. with international news and comment twenty four hours a day israel has launched a deadly military offensive against gaza with fighter jets and warships attacking the occupied territory the operation began with the airstrike assassination of the military leader of hamas the palestinian group pledged to open the gates of hell in return ation well for more let's now cross live to tom barton he's in tel aviv so tom what can you tell us at this stage. well the situation down on the south in the south of israel and also in gaza continues to escalate the moment israeli jets are still drawing sites throughout gaza twenty sites specifically mentioned by israeli defense sources they say they want to destroy terror
a bloody offensive seize key regional player egypt cutting off its diplomatic ties with israel and it's speculation that the flow of islamic fighters could soon head into gaza. and rising up against austerity millions of europeans sign up for block wide action against cuts with mass protests provoking the very heavy arm of the little. live from our new center here in moscow this is r.t. with international news and comment twenty four hours a day israel has launched a deadly military offensive...
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the chief i would be accused israel of carrying out war crimes he also said that all arab states in egypt we consider the peace treaties with israel we know that the arab league is going to be sending a delegation to gaza this morning sunday that will be headed by the arab league chief and have a number of foreign ministers in which they will be trying to assess the humanitarian situation on the ground and deal with what they say is an increasing crisis not egypt has been playing and mediate true but we have heard from the egyptian president mohammed morsi that he things a ceasefire will be reached to the masses as to their own stuff on and it's on israel if the jewish state in the blockade that it's had in place on gaza as well as stops these assassinations and the stipulation is were made during a meeting between him as delegates and egypt officials in cairo and also heard of another peace proposal put forward by turkey in which it says it to egypt the united states and russia should be involved in brokering some obtain as peace plans if it needs to be said and that it's not mary kay an
the chief i would be accused israel of carrying out war crimes he also said that all arab states in egypt we consider the peace treaties with israel we know that the arab league is going to be sending a delegation to gaza this morning sunday that will be headed by the arab league chief and have a number of foreign ministers in which they will be trying to assess the humanitarian situation on the ground and deal with what they say is an increasing crisis not egypt has been playing and mediate...
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and the us isn't bad egypt has stood by its peace treaty with israel so i would say so far so good and on iraq you know it didn't turn out as the bush administration had hoped for i agree with what john said that this is a government that is day by day getting more centralized and perhaps even autocratic what do we do about it are we supposed to invade again and spend another ten years in iraq trying to get them to some point it's i think you know one has why the length of a challenge and why oh why do american have to get up and can't take root only from the bottom up why why does america have to get people to a certain point ok why peter you know i like to challenge a little bit the way you've been talking about the subject you keep constantly for a minute is american democracy promotion the interesting thing is that almost every establish democracy in the world whether it's brazil india korea spain australia canada engages in different kinds of international support for democracy there's a tendency i think particularly from the russian point of view to see this sort of democracy pro
and the us isn't bad egypt has stood by its peace treaty with israel so i would say so far so good and on iraq you know it didn't turn out as the bush administration had hoped for i agree with what john said that this is a government that is day by day getting more centralized and perhaps even autocratic what do we do about it are we supposed to invade again and spend another ten years in iraq trying to get them to some point it's i think you know one has why the length of a challenge and why...
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they fear moscow time reports of tear gas fired at a mass protest against egypt's president in cairo's tahrir square as the leaders accused of staging a coup by granting him self pharaoh like powers. one palestinians killed more than a dozen wounded by israeli gunfire near the border with gaza in the bloodiest violation yet of the fragile truce. and the leaders clash over the budget with some nations digging their heels in to avoid forking out more cash from the us territory it's a quote. good evening thanks for joining us if you just have it say pm here is the said this is r.t. international i'm kevin zero in first egypt's security forces have fired tear gas during a rally against president mohamed morsi in tahrir square thousands took to the streets across the country reacting to calls for nationwide demos from opposition leaders the outrage is driven by a new decreed by the president rather himself a wide range of powers that decisions can no longer be repealed by any authority including you to shoot move those been slammed as a coup against legitimacy by the opposition claiming the
they fear moscow time reports of tear gas fired at a mass protest against egypt's president in cairo's tahrir square as the leaders accused of staging a coup by granting him self pharaoh like powers. one palestinians killed more than a dozen wounded by israeli gunfire near the border with gaza in the bloodiest violation yet of the fragile truce. and the leaders clash over the budget with some nations digging their heels in to avoid forking out more cash from the us territory it's a quote. good...
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he was investing a lot of his own capital with president obama was in this new partner in egypt. pete: speaking of key players, can you tell us about secretary clinton's role in all this and how that's played out? >> they were on their last buddy-buddy trip, president obama and secretary clinton and in bangkok together and visiting the reclining buddha. they were making jokes about the 2016. and joe biden's head was exploding back here. and suddenly she's on a plane zipping out of phnom penh to say we're on our way and directly involve ourselves in this. she has not played this shuttle diplomacy role in the middle east quite the way that some of her predecessors had, right? obviously kissinger and jim baker and condi rice to various stents have been these -- back and forth missions. this is her first one in her own twilight days as secretary of state. she's getting ready to step down come inauguration in january. >> and what do you think the relationship between obama and morsi tells us about the future for the region? >> well, they see this as a possible key to beginning to unlo
he was investing a lot of his own capital with president obama was in this new partner in egypt. pete: speaking of key players, can you tell us about secretary clinton's role in all this and how that's played out? >> they were on their last buddy-buddy trip, president obama and secretary clinton and in bangkok together and visiting the reclining buddha. they were making jokes about the 2016. and joe biden's head was exploding back here. and suddenly she's on a plane zipping out of phnom...
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decree divided egypt and even bought a. civil war unfortunately this president is doing the very same things for which. before the. dictatorship this is what we are looking at now the egyptian people are saying no to the new. state of looking at this crowd you cannot tell who is muslim or christian who is liberal leftist this is the real people are saying no to religious fascism making the president above the law the president and the muslim brotherhood behind him have already lost their credibility they have promised so many things in the past and they never kept their promises that's why most of these people are in the streets they were talking about over a million up to now because they are not happy with. so the egyptian president and where he's taking the country is the focus of debate on peta levels cross talk show coming up later this hour but the president was elected democratically elected and he has a mandate for change to support that he has. done we don't have a lot to worry about of course is going to be watch
decree divided egypt and even bought a. civil war unfortunately this president is doing the very same things for which. before the. dictatorship this is what we are looking at now the egyptian people are saying no to the new. state of looking at this crowd you cannot tell who is muslim or christian who is liberal leftist this is the real people are saying no to religious fascism making the president above the law the president and the muslim brotherhood behind him have already lost their...
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"it could," he said, "but first we need to give thanks to president morsi of egypt." across gaza, he's something of a new hero, and they're even impressed in israel. the egyptian president right now the best hope for peacekeeping here. >> egypt was able to regain it's regional role as a regional player, mediating between the israelis and the palestinians in convincing both of them to reach a ceasefire agreement. in the city, the flags, the rallies, talking up victory. in the countryside, the hamas song is, we're going to bomb tel aviv. but away from politics, what about people, lives disrupted by all this? yesterday we filmed awad and his mum sabbah taking shelter in a school in gaza city. frightened, disorientated, a severely disabled boy caught up in all this. today, diplomacy had delivered. sabbah was at home with the family in atatrah. >> it's good that we're okay. i'm very happy i can't believe it, i'm shivering. that face, sabbah said, means he's feeling happy and safe, and with an arm's round from brother mahmoud, and no sound of an explosion. >> sreenivasan: i
"it could," he said, "but first we need to give thanks to president morsi of egypt." across gaza, he's something of a new hero, and they're even impressed in israel. the egyptian president right now the best hope for peacekeeping here. >> egypt was able to regain it's regional role as a regional player, mediating between the israelis and the palestinians in convincing both of them to reach a ceasefire agreement. in the city, the flags, the rallies, talking up victory....
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can actually influence for example hamas is egypt egypt has to take this very seriously and they are taking this seriously because they do not want escalation that eventually could involve egypt and this is the last thing the egyptian would like to do the united states does not want to escalate the conflict because this could jeopardize israeli egyptian peace treaty and the rest of the arab countries who practically have done nothing other than condemning israel they know one thing every israel decided to go in they still will not be able to do anything about it and they're going to be looked upon as inept i think best so there is a huge amount a great deal amount of at stake here and that is why the sooner the united states egypt and other powers that have influence need to get together put influence on their respective allies. israel and begin a process to bring about an end to this conflict but i'm afraid it may be even too late at this juncture once major cities in israel are being attacked live in new york dr alan bennett thank you very much indeed for joining us and sorry about
can actually influence for example hamas is egypt egypt has to take this very seriously and they are taking this seriously because they do not want escalation that eventually could involve egypt and this is the last thing the egyptian would like to do the united states does not want to escalate the conflict because this could jeopardize israeli egyptian peace treaty and the rest of the arab countries who practically have done nothing other than condemning israel they know one thing every israel...
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his new powers are temporary lawrence freeman from the executive intelligence review magazine says egypt's political future is now being put to a test. i think president morsi is now. on a slippery slope and it shows you how fragile and delicate this whole movement that was launched a couple years ago or democracy and i sometimes say so-called democracy because they're not really giving democratic rights to the people and that's that people are participating in the government and also the people are actually raising their standard of living i think morsi the president has made some kind of arrangement with the military a few months ago and i think he's also has strong backing from the west and i think until the actual people of egypt like all these other countries that have gone through these tumultuous times until the people are given real economic development totally given real freedom this is going to continue to be a problem people with their lives people stayed out of demonstrations people didn't pummeled by police first on the bar now in the morsi it's not going to stop do we actuall
his new powers are temporary lawrence freeman from the executive intelligence review magazine says egypt's political future is now being put to a test. i think president morsi is now. on a slippery slope and it shows you how fragile and delicate this whole movement that was launched a couple years ago or democracy and i sometimes say so-called democracy because they're not really giving democratic rights to the people and that's that people are participating in the government and also the...
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this decree divided egypt on. civil war unfortunately this president is the very same thing for which. dictatorship this is what. people say no to that and you. looking at these crowds you cannot tell who is muslim or christian who is liberal leftist this is the people who are saying no to. fascism making the president above the law the president and the muslim brotherhood behind him have already lost their credibility they have promised so many things in the past never kept their promises that's why most of these people in the streets they were talking about over a million up to now because they are not happy with. well you two can share your opinion of what's going on in egypt and what it will eventually lead to but casting your vote at r.t. dot com here's how the votes are loading up so far. and screen we can see that forty percent of those who voted believe that morsi will cancel his new laws in order to stay in power about one in four the disturbance will see the military and president mubarak return to power
this decree divided egypt on. civil war unfortunately this president is the very same thing for which. dictatorship this is what. people say no to that and you. looking at these crowds you cannot tell who is muslim or christian who is liberal leftist this is the people who are saying no to. fascism making the president above the law the president and the muslim brotherhood behind him have already lost their credibility they have promised so many things in the past never kept their promises...
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. >>> police and people clashed in egypt in cairo. with the parliament gone, the new leader can create pass and oversee new laws. >> reporter: protesters in egypt set fire to one headquarters of the muslim brotherhood and threw rocks at a another. hundreds gathered in cairo's square after nightfall. there were thousands more earlier in the day. and confrontation with riot police. the officers fired tear gas at the group injuring a few of the protesters. the violence was triggered after egypt's granted himself sweeping new powers, making him immune to oversight. a spokesperson said that theder clauges raised concern -- declarations for egypt egipans -- egyptians and the international community. he made the move thursday, a day after receiving worldwide accolades for mediating a ceasefire between hamas and israel. these are the most widespread protests since he came in power in june following the country's first election. >>> watch out. the big time tumble that led to a hug from a big baby. >>> it's good for the soul. >> and yes, there'
. >>> police and people clashed in egypt in cairo. with the parliament gone, the new leader can create pass and oversee new laws. >> reporter: protesters in egypt set fire to one headquarters of the muslim brotherhood and threw rocks at a another. hundreds gathered in cairo's square after nightfall. there were thousands more earlier in the day. and confrontation with riot police. the officers fired tear gas at the group injuring a few of the protesters. the violence was triggered...
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at ten pm moscow time reports of tear gas fathered a mass protest against egypt's president in cairo's tahrir square as the leaders accused of staging a coup by drug himself arrow like this. one palestinians killed more than a dozen wounded by israeli gunfire near the border with gaza in the bloodiest violation yet of the fragile truce. and the leaders clash over the budget with some nations digging their heels in to avoid forking out more cash for their austerity its economy. very good evening this is r t with me in first egypt security forces have fired tear gas at protesters rally against the muslim brotherhood backed president mohamed morsi in tahrir square thousands took to the streets across the country to reacting to calls for nationwide demos from opposition leaders his car a question is bell true with the latest from egypt's capital tonight. what i really want is the days very heavy police tactics you see a lot to tear gas on protesters throwing rocks down on protesters from the top of buildings we've also seen molotov being thrown back and forth so what i've already seen is q
at ten pm moscow time reports of tear gas fathered a mass protest against egypt's president in cairo's tahrir square as the leaders accused of staging a coup by drug himself arrow like this. one palestinians killed more than a dozen wounded by israeli gunfire near the border with gaza in the bloodiest violation yet of the fragile truce. and the leaders clash over the budget with some nations digging their heels in to avoid forking out more cash for their austerity its economy. very good evening...
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because as a democratically elected government of gaza it's proved to have so many allies from iran to egypt they have to be part of any peace negotiations for a one party state which will after. scored its victory with the most basic of rockets really these homemade things is a sea change in nature monica the thing to watch is the right in israel and how they react out of the polling numbers for the coming israeli elections show a swing to the so-called extremists but israel's deputy foreign minister says that most of the people hit by israeli strikes deserve it claiming they were armed terrorists and other palestinian health officials and human rights activists say more than two thirds of those killed were civilians the most half of them children israel though says the ratio is lower actually perry a former senior advisor for israel's foreign minister says the casualty figures demonstrate the country's military superiority. israel has invested billions of dollars protecting its people either through more protected rooms so every single rockets which emanated from gaza had the intent to kil
because as a democratically elected government of gaza it's proved to have so many allies from iran to egypt they have to be part of any peace negotiations for a one party state which will after. scored its victory with the most basic of rockets really these homemade things is a sea change in nature monica the thing to watch is the right in israel and how they react out of the polling numbers for the coming israeli elections show a swing to the so-called extremists but israel's deputy foreign...